Shaving tool



D60 1944. M. J. SCHLITTERS 2,364,320

SHAVIN G TOOL Filed Aug. 17, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet l ll l 'l ull "I II:

I l" l 4 Michael J cizlz'hers 3 Gttornel- Dec. 5, 1944. M. J. SICHLITTERS SHAVING TOOL Filed Aug. 17, l9 42 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lnventor M1Cb81 z]. 51:11/171616 r Gttorneg Patented Dec. 5, 1944 1 i -TE'D STAT-Es PATENT 1% 'FFIGE vsmwmo TOOL Mic-hael J. Schlit ters, Eas'tDetroit; Mich. .1 Application August, 1942, SeriaLNoi :455Al88 '7 (Claims.

invention relates to tool holders and particularly tool holders for'use on automatic screw machines and the ilke.

It is commonin operation of automatic screw machines to provide a self-adjusting holder for a. finishing or shaving tool, permitting the same predetermined cut: to be taken on different 'bars of stock presented to' 'suchtool by the several spindles of the'mac'hine, even when positioning of said bars varies slightly due to imperfections in indexing mechanism ofthe machine. A common way of affording self adiustmentof the cutteris to mount aroller on the tool holder in such spaced relation to the cutting edge-that a diametrically opposed engagement of theroller and cutter with the'work will assure a'proper cut, the tool holderrhaving a sufllcient spring-resisted floating movement to permit its deflection v to th tpro'per position as the ioller encounters-the work :upon advance of the tool holder to cuttin position.

An objectof the present invention is 'to'guide a-tool holder ofthe describedtype in its"fl0at ing travel-with materially greater accuracy and less danger of breakage than heretofore.

Anotherwobject is to simplify and improve the provision for applying aspringresistance to floating travel of the holder and for regulating extentof such travel.

' A further: object is 'to" provide an improved means'for adjusting the rollerto adapt it to different thicknesses 0f work, and for maintaining it more securely adjusted than inprior prac- 1' tice.

'sfThese and various other objects are attained by i'the' construction hereinafter described and illustrated in 'the accompanying drawings; wherein l ig. lzis a top plan view of the improved tool holder.

taken upon sitionofrthe parts prion to engagement of the roller'withrthe work.

:In thesexviews, the reference character I designates the usual tool holder shank suited to be securedrzin the socket of a carriage or slide (not shown) whichhmay-ibeiautomatically advanced at proper inteioials toward the work 2. *Ihezlatter is represented-as a rod, it being understood that -several of' such--rodsare carried by rotating spindles, journal'ed in a suitable turret tobe advanced step 'bystep'through a predetermined number of stationsorworking positions. The

shank I, at its front-'end, integrally carries a rectangular head 3 wherein two spaced parallel pins I are press-fitted'or otherwiseirigidly mounted,"said': pins being'transverse to the shank and to"the 'axis-of rotation of the work. "The "end portions of said' pins project from'the-head 3 andcserveras slide guides for a tool holder 5 by engaging upper andviewer lugs 6 integrally and rearwar cl'ly projecting from the tool holder. To further assure accurateguidance 'of the tool holder and overcome any stresses opposing such-guidance, "the .tool holder' and? head have extensive coacting guidefa'ces 1 transverse; to 'theishank lr-and itherhead' 3a is tformed' with a painof forwardly; projecting :ifia-nges' 8' engaging "the side faces of the tool holder.

-.-Betw.een theapins: ta coiled spring Behaving itsnmajor. portion disposed in a socket "in of the head 3 reacts: between said' head and the lower lug 5 to yieldahly resist :upward'shding of' i the tool-holder. Response of the tool holder to-said spring is regulated -qbya an:-=adjusting screw' I I which :eXtends rotatively. i through *the lower .lu B..and has a head .l2.socketedin and affording a -seat tov said lug, said :screw extending freely through. the spring. 9 and being threaded. in; the portion ofthe head 3 overlying.- said-springt Preferably an opening l3 in the upper lug 6 freely accommodates. the. .upper end.v portion of 1 said screw. l 'A' finishing or shaving cutter .l4..is rigidlycarried. by a mounting l5 therefor projecting forwardly at the lower end of the tool holder. While various provisions may be made for. detachably holding the cutter on its mounting'the illustrated mounting is slotted Lat I5 andlthe slightly flexible jaws thusformed are clamped upon'the cutter by ascrew I1. Directly above 'the'cutting edge of the cutte a roller l8-'is 'journaled on a shaft l9 fixed'in a holder 20 which is adjustable to and from the cutter'along an arm 2| upstanding from the tool holder. 'The roller hol'deris' guided. in such. ad.- justment by a tongue 'and' groove. engagement witli'the arm' 2|, 'best shown in Fig. 5 and .for clamping the roller hold'ertightly tosaid arm, the head 22- of a clamping bolt 23 is engaged in aT-groove;24 extending in the roller holder in the direction of its adjustment, said bolt passing freely through said arm and receiving a. nut 25 for clamping against the rear face of said arm. To assure a high degree of accuracy in adjusting the roller holder and to supplement the clamping provision 22, 23, 24, 25 in resisting upwardly acting stresses, a screw 26 rotative in a plate 21 rigidly surmounting and forwardly projecting from the arm 2| is tapped into the roller holder, said screw being headed above the plate 21 and rigidly carrying a collar 28 below the plate, whereby any lengthwise travel of such screw is prevented. Preferably the plate 21 has a number of spaced U slots 29 extending from its front edge to selectively receive the screw 26 according to the location of the roller. Thus if the nature of the work requires a roller located to one side or the other of th central position illustrated, the screw 26 may be shifted accordingly. While different roller holders will be used to suit the roller to different types of work the T-groove 24 may be so located in any roller holder as to receive the head of the bolt 23.

In setting up a screw machinefor use of the described tool holder, a roller holder suited to theparticular job is first adjusted .to so space it from the cutting edge that a desired shaving or finishing cut will be taken when the work lies between the roller and said edge. The screw H is then adjusted to afford such up-and-down floating travel of the tool holder as will compensate for inaccurate indexing. For example, if A; inch play of the tool holder is desired, the screw is adjusted to afford inch clearance between the head 3 and lower lug 6. Thus when roller encounters the work, the resultant lifting of the tool holder may be A; inch or any lesser distance.

A primary advantage of the described construction is its complete accuracy, and high resistance to wear and working stresses. The pins 4 in themselves strongly assure perfect guidance of the tool holder in its floating travel and such guidance is further assured by the engaging faces 1 and flanges 8. Proper position of the roller I8 is also very positively maintained by described construction, and working stresses applied to the holder 20 from the roller are strongof the holder, the head having substantially transverse faces parallel to floating travel of the holder and the holder having faces engaging said transverse faces of the head to supplement sa'id pins in guiding the holder in floating travel.

2. In a screw machine tool, a holder forwardly movable to its working position and having a (pair of rearwardly projecting lugs, a cutter mounted on the holder to take effect On rotating work, a roller mounted on the holder in spaced relation to the cutter and engageable with the work to float the holder to its position giving the cutter proper effect, a head for actuating the holder forwardly and back having its major portion disposed between said lugs, a plurality of pins extending through the head and engaging said lugs to mount the holder on the head and guide the holder in its floating travel, said pins being elongated in the direction of spacing of the cutter and roller and being spaced apart transversely to travel of the head, and a spring reacting between the head and holder to yieldably resist floating travel of the holder.

3. In a screw machine tool, a holder, a cutter mounted on the holder to take effect on rotating work, a roller mounted on the holder in spaced relation to the cutter and engageable with the work to float the holder to its position giving the cutter proper effect, a head for actuating the holder to and from the work, a plurality of pins extending through the head and engaged at both ends thereof with the holder to accurately guide (its floating travel, said pins being elongated in the direction of spacing of the ly resisted. Leverage under which such stresses act is reduced as far as possible by minimizing distance from the roller to the arm 2| on which roller holder is installed, and provision of a minimum distance from the tool holder guides to the roller and cutter also reduces stress leverage.

The adjustments for both the roller holder and tool holder may be easily and quickly effected with a high degree of accuracy and machining and assembly of the parts is of a simple nature minimizing roduction costs.

What I claimis:

1. In a screw machline tool, a holder, a cutter mounted on the holder to take effect on rotating work, a roller mounted on the holder in spaced relation to the cutter and engageable with the work to float the holder .to its position giving the cutter proper effect, a head for actuating the holder to and from the work, a plurality of pins extending through the head and engaged at both ends thereof with the holder to accurately guide its floating travel, said pins being elongated in the direction of spacing of the cutter and roller and being spaced apart transversely to travel of the head, and a spring reacting between the head and holder to yi'eldably resist floating travel cutter and roller and being spaced apart transversely to travel of the head, a screw reacting between the head and holder and regulating the amount of floating travel of the holder, and a spring reacting between the head and holder to yi'eldably resist floating travel of the holder, said spring being coiled around the screw and having its major portion recessed in the head.

4. In a screw machine tool as set forth in claim 2, a screw reacting between the head and holder and regulating the amount of floating travel of the holder, said spring being coiled around the screw and having its major portion recessed in the head.

5. In a screw machine tool, a holder, a cutter mounted on the holder to take effect on rotating work, a roller mounted on the holder in spaced relation to the cutter and engageable with the work .to float the holder to its position giving the cutter proper effect, a head for actuating the holder to and from the work, means mounting the holder on the head and affording the holder a rectilinear floating travel transverse to travel of the head, a pair of lugs on the holder between which lugs the head is disposed, said lugs limiting said floating travel, a coiled spring socketed in the head and reacting between the head and one of said lugs to resist said floating travel, and a screw extending through said spring and having threaded engagement with the head and having an abutment seating against the lug abutted by the spring to regulate response of the holder to the spring.

6. In a screw machine tool, a holder, a cutter mounted on the holder to take effect on rotating work, a roller mounted on the holder in spaced relation to the cutter and engageable with the work to float the holder to its position givng the cutter proper eflect, a head for actuating the holder to and from the work, a, plurality of pins fixed in said head and having their end portions projecting from the head, means slid- 7. A screw machine tool as set forth in claim ably mounting the holder on the end portions of 6, two of said guide pins being provided and at said pins to guidethe holder in its floating travel. least one of the elements reacting between the a spring reaoting between the head and holder head and holder being disposed between said to yieldably resist floating travel of the holder; 5 pins.

and a screw reacting between the head and holder MICHAEL J. SCI-ILI'I'IERS. and regulating the amount of floating travel. 

